This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
5
Canon City and nearby towns sweep through a busy scene of real estate chatter and social events. Visitors include Mrs. Helen Andley and Senator A. G. Forney while local weddings, car rides to the Royal Gorge, and club meetings mark the week.
Mrs B F Rockafellow and Mrs W T Little travel to Denver to visit friends Arch McNelly returns to Canon City after meat market work in Leadville and stays until after the election Mrs J Harvey visits friends before continuing to Be pene Oregon and Indiana travel concludes with a brief mention of G Patten in the scene
An appeal contrasts personal poverty with neighborly prosperity and urges immediate action and saving, promising a free loan as motivation. The tone urges grim determination to improve finances and secure life’s necessaries.
Pocket Savings Bank urges readers to save with its accounts and offers a phone number to call for more details. The ad emphasizes easy saving and invites inquiries.
The Canon City daily prints updates on local people: J W Cannon and M J Evans face ouster from Citizens State Bank, Mr and Mrs Morris plan an indefinite San Diego stay, T G Tuchman leaves for Nez Perce Idaho to head a dry goods unit, J C Othus family moves to town residence, Mrs Aldrich and daughter head to Chicago, Shoop’s Cough Remedy ads appear, John W McDavitt Jr and new Durango couple return home, apple blossoms surprise Bonn, Wednesday Musical Club study opens with Grace Dale and guests Wilkinson and Cahill Ayer from New York and Denver.
Edward MacClain mobilizes the Canon City Taft and Sherman club with a plan to present campaign buttons to all two hundred fifty members. The buttons will be worn on the coat lapel as a neat and attractive token of alignment.
Dr Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets claim instant relief for head pains womanly pains and pains anywhere. The 26c box bears a printed prescription warning and urges consulting a doctor or druggist if the formula is not complete. Rambo and Simon.
Fullagar of Canon City Gas Co. leaves for an eastern trip to attend the third annual American Gas Institute meeting in New York City. The group will base at the Astor hotel during the conference. He plans stops in St Louis Cincinnati and Georgetown Kentucky before visiting Rutherford New Jersey. He has long been in the gas business.
Miss Mary M. Curtis of Cyanide avenue Four Mile announced her marriage to Eugene L. Greenwald of Denver on June 27 in Littleton Colorado. Both were university of Colorado graduates and planned the secret wedding to align with Greenwalds business plans. The couple leaves for Colorado Springs to join him at Manitou where he works as an electrical engineer.
Elijah J. Jenkins of Pueblo No 6452, a man with ten to fifteen year manslaughter term, received Governor Buchtel's pardon on Columbus Day for good conduct. Native of Tennessee, he hopes to return home after earning passage money, having worked as a coal miner and earlier as a prison porter.
A local straw vote on the presidency was held in Apex block where a crowd gathered. Ballots were counted with Taft leading, Bryan second, and Debs third, reflecting town sentiment on the national issue.
Rev. M. H. McLeod, pastor-at-large for Colorado Presbyterians, visited Canon City on church business for Penrose Beaver Park site. He said construction materials will arrive soon and the building will rise quickly. Rev. S. F. will take the Penrose pastorate on November first.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.